Overseer Spore Cloud and Detection

[RamiZ]

This ability is such a rip-off of Rikimaru's cloud skill in DotA lol.

LOL what a bs, it doesn't work similar in anyway... Riki's cloud silence the enemies, slows them and make them miss by 70%, i don't see this here, i see just normal LoS blocker. You can say that Dark Swarm was sort of Riki's Cloud, but not this.

[SaharaDrac]

I'm imagining they have two separate vision boxes, and that if you're IN the overlap you can see into both, but if you're in one, you can't see in the other.

Yeah thats what I was trying to say.

[Norfindel]

Then it's just a ring of smoke. When vision bumps against the smoke, it's blocked. Right?
But it isn't that clear to me. Maybe units inside won't see anything without a spotter.

[SlickR]

If the fog can't be countered i'm predicting imba.

[Norfindel]

If the fog can't be countered i'm predicting imba.

It can: any air unit can see what happends inside, and if the Zerg player's spotter is killed, his own units won't be able to see outside the cloud.

[Aldrius]

If the fog can't be countered i'm predicting imba.

What do you mean...countered?

It's just a vision blocker. You 'counter' it by moving out of it or into it, or having a flying unit in the area.

[ArcherofAiur]

LOL everythings imba when the fans first hear it.

[Edfishy]

You could also have each of the smoke clouds be a unit. Have the Overseer spit out 'propeller' Zergs that burrow into the ground and continually kick up the dust until they die or are micro-killed by an enemy.

[ArcherofAiur]

You could also have each of the smoke clouds be a unit. Have the Overseer spit out 'propeller' Zergs that burrow into the ground and continually kick up the dust until they die or are micro-killed by an enemy.

It could just be a cloud that the zerg player can more around. Like razor swarm was but for Line of Sight. I like it

Go post that idea on B.Net gameplay forums so theyll see it.

[Aldrius]

You could also have each of the smoke clouds be a unit. Have the Overseer spit out 'propeller' Zergs that burrow into the ground and continually kick up the dust until they die or are micro-killed by an enemy.

Too complicated...

Gotta keep it as simple as possible. It's already pretty easy to counter, and is as much of a double-edged sword as anything.